Drew Barrymore meets fan who honored late fiancé by getting “By no means Been Kissed ”quote engraved on memorial bench

Drew Barrymore bought emotional whereas assembly a fan with a significant connection to her 1999 romcom, By no means Been Kissed.

Throughout taping for her Monday morning discuss present, Barrymore pulled fan Jack Ciapciak out of the viewers for a shifting dialog.

"So Jack not too long ago misplaced his companion, his fiancé truly," she informed the gang for context. "And you bought a park bench?"

Drew Barrymore says studio made her tone down Never Been Kissed look: 'Too unattractive'

"I did, yeah. It's the place I proposed to him," Ciapciak defined. "After he handed manner, I wanted to give you a quote to placed on the bench. His favourite film was By no means Been Kissed, and his favourite line from the film was, 'Discover out who you’re, and check out to not be afraid of it.'"

Ciapciak stated his late companion, Jack Lorentzen, typically stated that "as soon as he got here out and began dwelling his genuine life, the whole lot fell into place."

His voice cracking with emotion, he continued, "I believed that that's a message that he'd need folks to know and see once they noticed his identify and walked by the bench."

Ciapciak, a co-producer and author on Blue Bloods, has been energetic on social media for the reason that demise of his fiancé in 2022, talking overtly concerning the love that the couple shared and his journey dealing with grief. Current weeks have seen followers of his movies go to the memorial bench to pay their respects to Lorentzen.

"Now individuals are going, visiting the bench and sending me movies," Ciapciak informed Barrymore. "And it's been unbelievable."

Need extra film information? Join Leisure Weekly's free publication to get the most recent trailers, celeb interviews, movie opinions, and extra.

With Barrymore's prompting, Ciapciak went on to share some additional particulars of the couple's love story, explaining that they knew that they had discovered one thing particular after "night time one."

He added, "It's like we knew our time collectively was quick, as a result of we didn't waste a second. I had seven unbelievable years with him and he lived life to the fullest and he lived with intention — he all the time did what he wished to do — and I'm making an attempt to be extra like that. I'm simply so pleased that I'm attending to share him with the world and that that is resonating with folks."

Drew Barrymore recalls meeting Princess Diana, giving her E.T. doll as a child: 'The honor of my life'

After thanking Barrymore, he added, "That is unbelievable."

The discuss present host, who held Ciapciak's fingers all through a lot of the dialog, replied, "I'm so honored to be part of your love story," including that Ciapciak's late fiancé sounds "extraordinary" and "courageous."

Barrymore's 1999 coming-of-age movie sees her play baby-faced journalist Josie Geller, who poses as a highschool scholar to analysis up to date teenage tradition. Whereas infiltrating the campus and its cliques, she stumbles right into a journey of self discovery — and falls for a trainer.

In an Instagram put up, Ciapciak shared that he was compelled to revisit the film after remembering that he and Lorentzen "rented it like 10 occasions" over the course of a single 12 months. He added, "He'd chortle out loud each time as if the jokes have been new and will recite virtually each scene."

Michael Vartan got, um, too excited during that Never Been Kissed scene with Drew Barrymore

He captioned the put up, "Some days I cry on the bench, different days I smile. It’s my particular place the place I’m going after I want to take a seat and communicate to him. I like you, Jack. I’ll by no means cease loving you."

Watch Ciapciak's emotional assembly with Barrymore above.

Shut